Across China: Jiangsu

Talk from the grassroots

The Dangjian Reading Materials Press has published a book focusing on the grassroots committee of the Communist Party of China in Sheyang county, Jiangsu province, in its practice of the permanent deputyship to the local Party's congress as well as its term of deputyship to the local Party committee.

Sheyang was chosen as a pilot county for the exploration and innovation of the Party management in 2003. After seven years of practice, the local Party committee has formed a set of rules to explore the function of the deputies and expand democracy among the Party members. During the pilot operation, deputies to the local Party committee conducted "talks with grassroots people" and received "letters and calls from grassroots people", setting a good example for the organizational practices of local Party committees.